PRO BONO COLLABORATIONS
We partnered with our clients , including PNC Bank , Comcast , JPMorganChase , PECO / Exelon , and Teva Pharmaceuticals on pro bono projects throughout the year , including Adjustment of Status ( green card ) clinics for refugees , estate planning clinics for low-income elders , pardons , special tax clinics for seniors , and legal name changes for transgender and gender non-conforming adults .
Volunteers from Blank Rome and Comcast at joint SeniorLAW Center clinic
Volunteers from Blank Rome and PECO / Exelon at a Refugee green card clinic .
Blank Rome and our client PNC Bank co-sponsor a recent University of Pennsylvania law school graduate , Marissa Schwartz , for a two-year Equal Justice Works Fellowship . During the first year of her Fellowship , Marissa successfully represented more than 24 domestic violence survivors in child custody and protection from abuse matters , provided legal information to more than 200 clients , presented more than 10 workshops at conferences and symposia , and created a project to recruit and train Blank Rome and PNC volunteers to staff the Philadelphia Family Court Help Center .
We hosted legal clinics for Financial Institutions Pro Bono Day in April 2023 , where in-house counsel from the largest banks and financial institutions in the country , including some of our clients , donate their services .
Blank Rome and corporate volunteers at a Schedule H Tax Clinic with the Legal Counsel for the Elderly .